Sentence examples for fails to know from inspiring English sources
One can, however, believe and even know that there is a current flow between two points without believing, let alone knowing, that there is a voltage difference between the two points, if one fails to know that it is a law that if there is flow of electric current between two points, then there is a voltage difference between these two points (see Jacob 1997 for discussion).
It never fails to know a little bit about hockey, a national pastime.
If Mary fails to know that Hesperus is Venus, she might think Venus is a planet without thinking Hesperus is a planet; though cp.
According to (TC), S fails to know since her justification would not divert her judgment, in a relevant scenario where the judgment is false.
Purely quantificational use: In this instance not only does the teacher fail to know the identity of the cheater, but also fails to know whether or not there was a unique cheater (perhaps there were several).
So the mere fact that there could be skeptical scenarios in which S still believes that she is not in such a scenario cannot provide the skeptic with a basis for thinking that she fails to know that she is not (actually) in a skeptical scenario.
And who, after the rare scream that Ocean allows himself on this track, knowing all that we know about him, can fail to know that it is real?
"No one who comes to Venezuela will fail to know it," Mr. Sesto said.
How could anyone fail to know the fans were blameless in 1989?
